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Olef Valley Railway

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Kall–Hellenthal
Route of the Olef Valley Railway
Overview
Line number2635
Service
Route number432
Technical
Line length17.8 km
(Line class: CE)
Track gauge1435 mm
Route map

0,0
Kall
Eifel Railway to Cologne
2
Kall-Anstois-Mastert
(from 1953)
5
Gemünd-Mauel
(1953 - 81)
5,9
Gemünd
(previously a station with loading strip)
Gemünd Tunnel (130 m)
8
Gemünd-Nierfeld
(1953 - 81)
9,0
Olef
Olef through route
10,3
Schleiden-Höddelbusch
(old tank loading point)
11,7
Schleiden-Rathaus
(dismantled 2006/07)
12,0
Schleiden (Eifel)
13
Schleiden-Wiesgen
14
Oberhausen (Eifel)
15,6
Blumenthal (Eifel)
17,8
Hellenthal

The Olef Valley Railway (German: Oleftalbahn or Flitsch) or OTB is a 17.8-kilometre-long, single tracked, unelectrified branch line from Kall through the Schleiden Valley above Schleiden to Hellenthal. The line is currently used by tourists; travelling on the heritage railway in the summer months or occasionally by goods trains. However, there are attempts to reactivate passenger services that were ceased in 1981.

Literature

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  • Bernd Franco Hoffmann: Stillgelegte Bahnstrecken im Rheinland. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95400-396-9.

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